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== Start a VNC Server on the bwUniCluster 2.0 ==
== Start a VNC Server on the bwUniCluster 2.0 ==


To start a VNC Server on the bwUniCluster 2.0 you must log into the cluster with your username and password as usual. Please do not start the VNC Server on a login node but request an interactive job using for example the following command:
To start a VNC Server on the bwUniCluster 2.0 you must log into the cluster with your username and password as usual. Please do not start the VNC Server on a login node but request an interactive job [[interactive job]] using for example the following command:
$ salloc -p single -n 1 -t 120 --mem=5000
$ salloc -p single -n 1 -t 120 --mem=5000



Revision as of 20:39, 8 October 2020

Start a VNC Server on the bwUniCluster 2.0

To start a VNC Server on the bwUniCluster 2.0 you must log into the cluster with your username and password as usual. Please do not start the VNC Server on a login node but request an interactive job interactive job using for example the following command:

$ salloc -p single -n 1 -t 120 --mem=5000

Now start the VNC Server on the assigned compute node as follows:

$ module load vis/tigervnc
$ run_vncserver

If you start a VNC Server for the first time you will be asked to set a password which will be required for clients trying to access your VNC desktop. Use a strong password because otherwise an attacker could take control of your VNC session.